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Rosalind Keith
Keith in court waiting to have a divorce granted from Willison Clarence Mellor, Los Angeles, 1940
Born	December 6, 1916 Mascoutah, Illinois, U.S.
Died	February 24, 2000 (aged 83) Glenwood, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934–1944 (film)
Spouse	Willison Clarence Mellor (?-1940)^[1]

Rosalind Keith (born Rosalind Culli; December 6, 1916 – February 24, 2000) was an American film actress.^[2]

Keith was born Rosalind Culli in Mascoutah, Illinois,^[3] the daughter of Rudolph and Hilda Culli.^[4] Her family moved to Belleville, Illinois, when she was young. She studied at the Kendall School of Expression in Belleville, continuing to do so after her family moved to St. Louis.^[3]

When Keith was 15 year old, she married artist James M. Lewis in St. Louis. She filed for divorce from him in 1935.^[5] She later married cameraman William Mellor in Boulder City, Nevada.^[3]

After making 18 films for Columbia and Paramount, she became a singer billed as Rosalind Courtright.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1934	Romance in the Rain	Cinderella Girl
1935	The Glass Key	Opal Madvig
1935	Annapolis Farewell	Madeline Deming
1935	Gentlemen of the Navy	Mary Jennings
1936	Poppy	Frances Parker
1936	King of the Royal Mounted	Helen Lawton - alias Helen Curtis
1936	Theodora Goes Wild	Adelaide Perry	Uncredited
1937	Find the Witness	Linda Mason
1937	Westbound Mail	Marion Saunders
1937	Parole Racket	Betty Wilson
1937	Motor Madness	Peggy McNeil
1937	Criminals of the Air	Nancy Rawlings
1937	A Fight to the Finish	Ellen Ames
1937	A Dangerous Adventure	Linda Gale
1937	Under Suspicion	Doris
1937	Clipped Wings	Molly McGuire
1937	Manhattan Shakedown	Gloria Stoner
1938	Arson Gang Busters	Joan Lawrence
1939	Trouble in Sundown	June Cameron
1939	Bad Boy	Madelon Kirby
1944	Ladies of Washington	Nurse	Uncredited, (final film role)

References

^ "Actress Rosalind Keith in court waiting to have a divorce granted from Willison Clarence Mellor, Los Angeles, 1940 | UCLA".
^ Langman & Finn p.86
^ ^a ^b ^c "Belleville Movie Star Weds". Belleville Daily Advocate. March 28, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grandmother of Rosalind Culli Dies in Mascoutah". The Belleville News-Democrat. January 7, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Artist sued for divorce". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Associated Press. April 5, 1935. p. 2 D. Retrieved July 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Stafford, M. Oakley (November 23, 1953). "Informing You". Hartford Courant. Connecticut, Hartford. p. 12. Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

Larry Langman & Daniel Finn. A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press, 1995.

External links

Rosalind Keith at IMDb

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